How did a privileged, soft-spoken young man transform into a global leader of terror intent on waging war on America and killing thousands of people? On Tuesday, Bergen will discuss the findings of his book during a visit with the University of Virginia Colonnade Club. The virtual event , free and open to the public, begins at p. Zoom link will be active when event begins. Osama bin Laden has been dead for a decade, and the U. Why were you compelled to write a book about him during this time?
The book is loaded with insights about both bin Laden and about American efforts to assess his risk and then capture or kill him. What did you learn that surprised even you, a person who has been closely reporting this story for years? You say the book is an attempt to explain the transformation of bin Laden from a devoutly religious, soft-spoken person to a radical leader intent on killing as many Americans as possible.
Obama said he and his team were not surprised to find bin Laden hiding in plain sight, but were surprised to learn that the compound had been there for so long without information leaking out about it. Mike Mullen told a DoD reporter. Navy's Special Warfare insignia. On the night of the infiltration, two dozen SEALs flew in using two helicopters, beneath the radar and varying routes to avoid detection. There were also seven-foot walls surrounding the balconies.
Additionally, the compound was designed to obscure lines of sight from multiple directions. Using night-vision goggles power on the street had been cut off , the SEALs infiltrated the compound, killing anyone who put up resistance, securing the women and children, clearing weapons stashes and barricades, and taking anything that could contain secret information, including hard drives and cell phones. The SEALs quickly made their way up to the third floor, where they found the terrorist leader in his bedroom and killed him.
Accounts of how this happened differ, depending on the source. SEAL Matt Bissonnette , who entered the room at the same time and wrote about the operation in the book No Easy Day , also claims to have fired shots into bin Laden's fallen body. In any case, there was no doubt about the outcome of the mission when the SEAL team leader radioed in, "For God and country—Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo," thus declaring the raid a success.
From beginning to end, the operation had taken less than 40 minutes. Using known photos and facial recognition software, as well as measuring the corpse, CIA specialists were able to determine with percent certainty that the body was that of Osama bin Laden. Other specialists in the intelligence community performed initial DNA analysis, which resulted in a virtual percent DNA match of the body against DNA of several bin Laden family members. Bin Laden was buried at sea.
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